88R2112 KSD-D
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 116
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas
  at Austin School of Law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows:
         Sec. 67.28.  DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a)
  The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted
  to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the
  student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The
  University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
         (b)  The program must be administered in a manner that is
  consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school.
         (c)  The board shall ensure that at least five students are
  allowed to participate in the program during each academic year.
  The law school may allow more than five students to participate in
  the program during each academic year. 
         SECTION 2.  The board of regents of The University of Texas
  System shall ensure that the distance learning program under
  Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not
  later than the 2024 fall semester.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.